in san francisco and in cities from coast to coast, more and more massage parlors are moving into the business of sex for sale. >> do you know what they do here? massage, spa. >> no, a house of prostitution. >> behind iron gates like these, thousands of young women from asia and all across the world are bought and sold into sexual servitude. pleasing men on the hunt for a l happy ending. >> it looks like he got what he wanted. >> this isn't just one or two girls. these are thousands and thousands of girls being sold for sex all over the country

every single day. tonight msnbc returns to san francisco and goes under cover with the city's human trafficking task force. >> he's in, he's in. >> as they fight to pull back the veil on this cruelest of games. and try to rescue the girls and young women trapped as sex slaves in the land of the free. >> every other day is spent being raped or waiting for the next man to show up who is going to rape them. standing guard at america's golden gate, the city of san francisco is uniquely seasoned with asian influence.

but the city by the bay, has also imported another specialty from the orient. elicit massage parlors that play host to a booming underground sex trade. >> trafficking is alive and well in san francisco. >> inspector ed wallish has spent 25 years with san francisco's health department. >> hi. health department, how are you? >> since 2007, our cameras have followed him on his beat. >> hello, ladies. >> inspecting the city's massage parlors. >> you got anybody else here today? >> many of which are simply fronts for the business of prostitution. >> here's a guy in there. >> so, like when we go into these places, we observe sex. there's not supposed to be any sex. so, that's the bottom line. >> men looking for sex know that the price of admission is a quick 60 bucks to the house. once inside, a buyer can hand pick a scantily clad woman from the bull pen and start a private

party behind closed doors. >> you go into the room and then you negotiate a sex act with the masseuse. what i understand to be the going rate is like anywhere from like 120 to $140 for a sex act. and usually you can get any type of sex act that you like. >> working as part of san francisco's human trafficking task force health inspectors like walsh have help shut down more than 80 elillicit massage parlors since 2008. thanks to a new law, the massage business here is roaring back. >> hi. hello. >> two years ago my inventory was about 150 facilities. there has to be at least another 50. so, there is like a glut of new massage establishments. >> despite the setback, the task force remains determined and has ramped up inspections. today inspector walsh has received a tip that the owners

of this particular massage parlor in the financial district are actually running a brothel. >> what we have to do is start telling the people to go downstairs and wait. >> unlike police, health inspectors do not need a search warrant to pop in unannounced and start poking around. but after so many years on the job, inspector walsh is now a familiar face to many of the people who run these places. if their surveillance cameras see him coming, they'll be on their best behavior. >> we'll just wait on the corner. just go in. they're not going to know who you are. >> but they won't recognize this younger inspector. >> go for it. >> they're more likely to buzz him in and offer him the real deal. >> what did you see when you first went in there? >> there were girls sitting on the couches. about five of them putting makeup on. black laingerie and light pink lingerie.

>> hi, health department. how is everybody? >> he finds women in lingerie scrambling to cover themselves and startled customers racing for the exit. >> hello, what are you doing? putting your clothes on? >> upstairs inspector walsh finds more massage rooms with women and men in various states of undress. >> hello. hi, how are you? >> fine, how are you? >> what's your name. >> some of the johns were upset that we were there. one guy asked me what the hell i was doing there. >> excuse me, sir. >> yes. >> my i ask why you're walking -- >> we're with the health department. inspection. >> they are putting their pants on. >> what do you think is going on there? >> sexual activity, obviously. >> these men want nuthing to do with inspector walsh our cameras. one by one, they clear out. >> oh, here's another one. >> this man may be camera shy, but he's not about to leave without a refund.

the house returns his $60 cash entry fee. >> most girls i've ever seen here and this is like 12:00 in the afternoon. can everybody get their i.d.s out. massage i.d.s. >> one by one the women are cited for improper attire. charging massage parlors for scantily clad women to deter activity. >> where's the manager? >> as is often the case in these places, the manager is no where to be found. leaving the women to take the blame. >> so sorry. first time, please. help me. >> this young woman who we'll call lily is sadly typical of thousands working in san francisco's massage parlors. >> thank you. >> live in southern california? >> yes. >> when you go home tonight,

where are you going to go? >> lily fails to provide her address here in san francisco. a typical indication that she may very likely be staying right here in the massage parlor. >> what does this look like to you? >> looks like they're living here. two suitcases full of clothes and there's shoes, there's bags of blankets. >> i suspected that the lady we found in this room probably lives here because when we asked her where she lives, she didn't have an address. her address says she's from el monte, california, which is in southern california. >> why would the women be living here? >> they may be trafficked. they may not be here on their own volition. they may be forced to be here. >> ed's suspicion comes from two decades as working as a watchdog. his observations helped a federal trafficking raid free 100 women from downtown massage parlors. when rescued, the women told police parlor owners forced them

to have sex with customers in order to repay traffickers who brought them to america. >> five girls. >> since then, health inspectors in san francisco police have been working vigilantly to help. >> where did you come from? where is your home country? what is the work that you do here? >> i don't know. i don't understand, so sorry. >> you don't understand massage? >> no. >> but i saw you in the room. so you're not giving massage? >> no. i have to shower. shower. and then i change my clothes. >> so, you were in the room showering and changing your clothes? >> yes. >> because you live here or you work here?

>> no. i'm so sorry. i don't speak english too much. so sorry. so sorry. >> that's okay. you don't have to be sorry. you just have to do the right thing. >> all of this is tough for me. especially the way the girl was sitting down there begging not to give her a citation, but i have to. that's my job. that's the problem, when you want to close out the light and everything, they don't check this. >> for now, inspector walsh will carry on, shining a light into some of the city's darkest corners. >> a bunch of mold and mildew over here. >> keeping san francisco clean is a job he takes seriously. >> you see all that? clean all that. >> and the task now grows tougher with every passing day. >> just a reminder, when you do massage, everybody has to wear their white coat.

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it's a friday evening in san francisco and agents with the city's human trafficking task force is preparing to conduct surprise inspections of local massage parlors. >> today we have about six places to go to. >> the task force combines the efforts of health department inspectors like johnson and walsh working together with police, firefighters and agents with the departments from building and planning. tonight the task force looking for violations of municipal codes behind the well-guarded iron gates of massage parlors that often act as fronts for prostitution.

>> just a reminder, okay, when you do a massage, everybody has to wear their white coat. some codes were written to prevent foreign women from being abused. >> the later we stay out tonight, the better our chances are of finding some illegal activity and girls without permits. >> tonight's first stop is the a & y health center on san bruno avenue. a spot all too familiar to inspector walsh. >> we've had numerous complaints in the past about illegal activity being conducted here. this is a place we need to keep under surveillance. >> hi, how are you? hi, honey. how are you doing? okay. hold on a second. >> what they initially find here are half a dozen women, some who had first appeared to be working without permits and possibly in the country illegally. >> do you speak chinese? you want to talk to her? who wants to talk to her first?

>> i think they need some interpretation here. >> we've seen it all. first of all, the operators have taught them not to speak. the first thing they do once you walk in there, they tell you they don't understand english. >> inspectors check the women for i.d. and massage licenses. >> that's you? >> me. >> okay. >> massage license -- you know, office -- >> come with me. show me where it is. >> while inspector walsh tracks down this woman's license, our producers spot two scantily clad women who scatter out of rooms and put on a sweatshirts and start doing laundry. >> as they nervously busy themselves, the young women tell inspectors they don't do massage, they are just newly arrived cleaning ladies. >> do you have your license? >> no, no.

i work here, just clean. no masseuse. >> you're just cleaning? >> yeah, yeah. >> how long has she been here? >> few months. yeah. she just come back yesterday. and first day today. >> so, are you a citizen? >> no, no. not a citizen. >> is she a legal resident of the united states? >> yeah. she have green card. >> and you don't do massage? >> no, no. i'm no masseuse. >> who is the cleaning person? >> inspectors are skeptical of the young women's story because they've heard similar tales from commercial sex workers before, including those caught selling sex in another massage parlor owned by the same people who own this one. >> you know, in many massage parlors we know that prostitution, commercial sex is an ongoing activity. whatever the work that is occ

occurring here whether it's commercial sex or any other kind of labor, we're just concerned if people are being coerced into it. >> why do you dress like that? that's not good. >> i try to change. >> i have to give you a ticket. can't have any exposed skin from your shoulders to the top of your knee. she's wearing shorts and she has a low cut shirt on. it's good now. this is the way you're supposed to dress. >> every time when you work, you dress appropriately. >> as darkness falls on san francisco, the inspection team moves on to their next target. >> a place calls nikki's oriental massage. we'll wait until 10:00. we can nail them for operating after hours. >> the team gathers about a block away from nikki's oriental massage. >> i am planning to go inside and try to solicit for a massage. we see what's happening before

the inspectors and the task force comes inside. >> investigators give the undercover a minute to get in and speak with the women before moving in for their inspection. >> hello. how are you ladies? are you guys by yourself? just you and her? >> inside inspectors find six women. including one who is undressed in a room with a man who is also naked. >> there's a guy in there. >> a distinguished looking elderly gentleman, the man dresses quickly and ambles away from our cameras, leaving behind fresh evidence of what appears to be a mission accomplished. >> the guy, looked like he got what he wanted. look at that. seemed kind of relaxed when he walked out. wasn't disappointed. >> when we go into these places, that's the bottom line. >> in another room, inspectors find more indications that nikki's oriental massage parlor may be doubling as a house of

prostitution. >> we found condoms and a large amount of cash and find all kind of lubricants for sex acts. >> this woman is the manager on duty tonight. she denies any knowledge of sex for sale in the massage parlor. >> what do you have these for? these aren't supposed to be here. >> some time he leave them. we don't know. >> this shouldn't be here. >> nikki's will be cited and fined for violations of the city's health code. >> i'm citing you for operating the massage parlor after 10:00. they say no reason to have massage after 10:00, unless it's illegal massage. okay. sign there. >> and the evidence of sex for sale here will become part of a larger case to close the place down, if the operators refuse to clean up their act. >> we do believe that there is a pretty wide variety of exploitation going on. so, the fact that we keep doing these inspections, even if there is exploitation going on, which

there surely is, at least it makes it so that it can't be done in a more overt way. >> look at me. that really shocked me. four women was stuff under to a hole about 18 inches wide and about 36 inches long. [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact and goes to work in seconds. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums!

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in san francisco, agents with the health department are out on a friday night conducting surprise inspections of the city's massage parlors. >> hello, how are you ladies? >> and finding evidence that many of these places are simply fronts for the underground sex trade. >> one customer. there's a guy in there. >> so, like when we go into these places, we observe sex. so, you know, that's the bottom line. what do you have these for? these aren't supposed to be here. >> evidence and information gathered during routine health inspections like these actually play a key role in san francisco's ongoing efforts to stamp out human trafficking. >> we have the ability to

suspebls suspect or revoke permits and suspe suspend. we can build cases against bad places and eventually over time suspend or revoke their permits. >> san francisco police. >> in 2010 our cameras were witness to one such closing. 450 bee jones street in the city's tenderloin district. >> we are here to serve the order indicating that your license has been revoked. >> this revocation came only after a hard-fought six-year battle. >> come on out, health department. >> our documentary investigation that revealed sunflower to be more than a brothel hiding behind the front of a massage parlor. >> this is, they want the money

for the extra service. >> year after year, authorities including the fbi received reports of young foreign women being coerced into selling sex for cash at sunflower. >> so many signs of trafficking. living quarters found in the space, holes in the walls where women who were working so to speak massage practitioners were hiding because they didn't have licenses. >> as we witnessed in numerous visits, sunflower's big achievement over the years was building secret hiding places to house women. >> what is this? >> this is where they were sleeping previously. >> we found a room at the stairs and it had a lot of mattresses there where the women sleep. it's a fire hazard and very poor ventilation. i don't think any human being should be subject to this kind of treatment. >> after multiple fines, sunflower finally walled up that

illegal living space. but two inspections later, the task force uncovered yet another concealed room. >> this is a mirror on the wall and behind the wall, when you open it discover -- >> that really shocked me that four women was stuck into a hole that is about 18 inches wide and about 36 inches long. >> look at me. come out. >> the investigation of sunflower went literally through the looking glass when inspectors found women crammed into a cubbyhole behind this wall. >> behind a facade that looks like a mirror and i hear noises that we decided to pull the mirror down and low and behold, it's a hiding place. >> over the years, sunflower

spared no legal expense battling the health department in court. and managed to stay open. >> and i don't think they are in violation. >> sunflower was able to hire the best attorneys to refute all our allegations, all our evidence. >> to tell you the truth, they would rather pay any fine not to shut them down. that tells you, money is not an issue. >> even on the very day that sunflower was legally shut down, we saw indications that men were still coming here in search of a happy ending. >> he had his shoes in his hand and bare footed walking out of the premsis. the shuttering of sunflower was a significant victory in san francisco's fight against human trafficking. >> i posted a sign on the front door saying your permit has been revoked. do not remove it. you are supposed to close effective 5:00 p.m. today. no customers. no massage activities. okay?

>> the revocation should have put an end to the business of sex for sale at this particular address. >> we had a moratorium on that location. we were not going to issue a massage to have a permit there because of all the history there the prostitution and potential human trafficking at that location. >> they are used to open at 2:00 in the morning. >> i think even later than that sometimes. >> but inspectors will soon discover that the battle has only just begun. coming up -- >> going in now. >> when i walked in, female came out and opened her lab coat with lingerie under. awarded j.d. power's most appealing midsize car, two years in a row. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on any new 2014 volkswagen.

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website finds that things have gotten much better, allowing more people to access the site at the same time. back to msnbc undercover. san francisco police. can you open the door, please. >> in 2010 the city of san francisco finally succeeded in closing down sunflower. a notorious hot spot for prostitution masquerading as a legitimate massage parlor. >> they were closed. the owner left and then the owner of the building rented the facility to someone else. we had a moratorium on that location. we were not going to issue a massage to a permit there because of all the history and prostitution and potential human trafficking at that location. >> unable to get another city permit for a massage establishment, the new owners at this address decided to get creative in rebranding their

business. >> opened under the guise of, what did they call themselves? relaxation spa. whatever that ask. >> common term used now. actually just came up with in the last year and a half. >> by simply calling themselves a relaxation spa, the new owners secured a new business permit and got into the so-called business of relaxation. >> there are girls there that will give you a towel and you take a shower or you take a bath and take a hot tub and lay down and relax. >> seriously? >> that's what they say they do. >> do you believe them? >> no. it's a house of prostitution. >> okay, go for it. >> despite their efforts, the new relaxation spa is not exempt from routine health inspections. >> going in now. >> if women working here are caught offering massage, they can be cited and the business

will be closed down for the night. >> he's in, he's in. >> once inside, the undercover makes contact with four young women. >> hi. hello. >> they are dressed improperly and offering the usual prelude to sex in this establishment, illegal massage. >> when i walked in a female in teal came out of one of the doors and she opened up her lab coat with lingerie under and another girl came out and opened up her lab coat and a third girl came out of a separate door and opened up her lab coat and all of them in their lingerie and sat down on the coach. >> who is the owner? who is the owner? >> owner, he's not here. >> what is the name of the owner? >> yeah. >> the madam is polite. but she plays dumb as inspectors turn their attention to identifying the younger women working here. these three women have legal

i.d., but no massage permits. this young woman has no idea at all. >> you have no wallet or purse. >> then what are you doing here then? >> i was getting ready, actually snp. >> getting ready for what, though? >> what kind of job do you do here? >> i don't do anything, i work at the bar. >> the woman who we'll call donna only insists she gets ready to prepare for a bartending job down the street. >> you hear some terrific stories. >> tell me again why you're here? >> i have extra clothes because i'm getting dressed to go to work. >> we ask you, who is your friend here? who do you know here? what gives you the authority to come to somebody else's

establishment to change your clothes. you know that is a pure lie. >> inspectors get a different take from her. she tells us donna came into the spa tonight looking for work in the relaxation business. >> i saw her come look for a manager. >> she's looking for a job? >> yeah. she tell me that. >> so, what happens if your statement is contradictory to what somebody else tells me. >> then i don't know. >> you don't know or you're not telling me the truth? >> i come here to get dressed and i leave. >> do you have anything else in here that has your name on it? >> my phone. >> investigators eventually i.d. donna by records on her cell phone. walsh issues her a ticket for practicing massage without a license. before we move on, donna agrees to tell our producer more about herself and her travels. >> i live in nevada.

i'm from hawaii, i live in nevada. i fly out here. my friend lives in san mateo, i don't want to catch the bus looking like this. i don't want to get, you know, i need to travel, i need my i.d. i come over here to get dressed to go to work. >> how old are you? >> 25. >> she logs tens of thousands of miles on a regular circuit that includes sex trafficking hot spots like hawaii, las vegas, l.a. and san francisco. doing it all, she says, on bartending wages. >> you make enough money to go from nevada to here to hawaii. >> in hawaii i'm a hostess. we also host in hawaii. >> under the circumstances, investigators begin to suspect that someone else may be moving donna from place to place and possibly selling her for sex. >> i don't work here. i promise i don't work here. >> do you know what they do here? >> massage?

spa? >> but donna isn't asking for help, so there's little more they can do for her tonight. >> okay. >> maybe you can translate for them. >> this is what i'm going to tell you. >> at least for tonight, this establishment will be unable to skirt the laws of san francisco. >> the violations here are operating a massage establishment without a permit. and employing unlicensed workers. operating after 10:00. >> not relaxation. >> the so-called comfort spa will be cited for illegal massage and closed for the evening. >> wait, i have a ticket, sir. sir, i have ticket, sir. >> so after almost a decade of countless investigation hours and paperwork to stamp out the business of sex for sale at this address, it now appears that inspector walsh are right back at square one.

>> it's a shame. but it's not over. we're going to do it again. if we can get some like somebody to come forward and say they've been trafficked or they're forced to work there, then we can bring in the police and other city agencies and fbi to like close it down. >> has anybody asked you to do anything that you don't want them to do? >> i think it's really important to understand every minute of their day is spent either being raped or waiting for the next man to show up who is going to rape them. ♪ we're gonna need a bigger bucket. ♪ [ male announcer ] more people are leaving bmw, mercedes and lexus for audi than ever before. the holidays won't last and neither will the season of audi. visit audioffers.com today. ♪

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human trafficking. >> hi. health department. how are you? hello, ladies. >> every day he comes face-to-face with dozens of immigrant women from all across asia. >> i didn't see your i.d.s. massage i.d.s. >> many he expects are servants in the underground sex trade afraid to talk. >> no customers. >> quick to notice tell tale signs that legitimate massage parlors from prostitution. >> from the outside of the fa l facili facility. double doors or locked gates and cameras on the outside of the facility so they can view the whole sidewalk. >> hi, health department. how is everybody? you walk into the facility, you'll find girls improperly dressed. you'll find a number of like high heels, lingerie and you'll find condoms, lubricants.

>> does anybody sleep here? >> nobody goes home? >> another indicator of human trafficking is any evidence that women are actually living on the business premsis like fully-stocked kitchens, mattresses and drawers stuffed. >> what do you need all these clothes for? fancy massage. special massage. >> today inspector walsh is following up on a tip that sex is for sale on the premsis of this massage parlor in the city's mission district. >> ky jelly. >> after a quick search of the rooms, he turns his attention to identifying the women working here and checking them for valid massage permits. >> you've been here a long time, huh? working here. this response is funny, perhaps because it is obviously false. >> every time i come here, you're always here.

>> i know. it is the standard response that women working in illegal massage parlors are trained to give and inspector walsh hears it all the time. the inspection is briefly interrupted by the arrival of a perspective customer. the man is buzzed inside, but he has a sudden change of heart when he gets a good look at our cameras. >> why should he be nervous? he's coming for a massage. >> our producer starts a conversation with this woman who we'll call june. a quick check of her i.d. reveals that she is more than 800 miles away from her home address near seattle. >> why did you come to california to work? >> that fact peeks inspector walsh's curiosity? >> why do you come to california to do massage if you live in washington?

>> i don't really -- >> june can't supply a home address in san francisco. inspector walsh begins to suspect that she may be one of the thousands of young women trafficked around the country from parlor to parlor. >> so you like working here? >> yeah. >> you don't know yet. >> when doors are officially closed for the day at this massage parlor, those girls are trapped inside and they live on those premsis. andrea runs fair girls, a national organization dedicated to rescuing trafficked women. >> i think it's really important to understand for these victims held inside these illicit massage parlors is every minute of their day is spent being raped or waiting for the next man to show up who is going to rape them. >> many of the women who work in illegal massage parlors are victims of a bait and switch scheme that turns american dreams into a nightmare. >> so, our typical victim from a

foreign country is approached by someone they know. who says, i can offer you a job, you can work in this restaurant, life is going to be great. you're going to make thousands and thousands of dollars and you can come home and support your community and support your mom and support your family and life will be great. they get over here and they're told, you know what, actually, we paid a lot of money to bring you over here and you're going to pay it back and the only way you're going to pay it back is prostitution. if you run, the police will catch you. if you run, you'll be arrested. you'll be in jail and you'll be deported and shamed forever and your family, by the way, back at home, will be punished, as well. >> how long have you worked here? >> one month. >> just one month. >> june agrees to speak with our producer, but she appears to grow more confused and reluctant to answer the simplest of questions. >> do you know where you live in the city? >> you don't know where you live? you don't know where you live?

but you don't sleep here? you sleep here? >> and has anybody asked you to do anything you don't want them to do? is it enjoyable work? >> i don't know yet. >> our producers' questions draw the attention of this women. who prods june in korean to keep her mouth shut. >> are you the manager? >> i don't know english. >> what kind of work are you doing here? >> i don't know. >> you don't know what kind of work you're doing here. what kind of work are you doing? >> while the woman says she's just the cook, her commanding presence appears to have the desired effect of sealing june's

lips. >> that's okay. >> it's okay? >> yeah. >> for every young lady who we've worked with from, you know, southeast asian countries, china, thailand, south korea. there is a culture of pleasing and there is a sense of debt. >> so sorry, first time, please. >> that's okay, you don't have to be sorry. you just have to do the right thing. >> some of the young women we worked with said, i wanted to leave. but if i left, how would i pay back this money and my family's honor would be shamed forever. so, the girls are fully trapped and they don't speak english. people are watching them at all times. and the only interaction they have with anyone who's not a trafficker are the men who are raping them. so, how are they going to get out? >> if you don't feel safe here or you want some help and you want to get out of this situation, call me. >> there may be plenty of suspicion here today, but since june isn't asking for help, there is little anyone can do.

>> okay, that's my name. that's my cell phone number. okay. >> all that inspector walsh can really offer is his phone number and his sincere desire to help, if help is ever needed. >> one girl looked like she was under dures. >> just by listening to her conversation, she was actually talking. usually they have been trained not to talk to anybody. they won't open up to you. this girl was actually talking to us. that's why i gave her my card and wrote my name and number on a piece of paper so she can call me if she needs some help. another young lady who we worked with actually said she would pray over and over and over again that the next man would just kill me i just don't want to do this any more. hoo-hoo hoo. sir... i'll get it together i promise...

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today all across america massage parlors now populate the landscape.

from the glittering home of the golden gate, to the sleepy suburbs of boston. the fbi and anti-trafficking advocates say criminals forcing women into sexual slavery is on the upswing. >> this isn't just one or two girls. these are thousands and thousands of girls being sold for sex all over the country every single day. >> andrea leads a non-profit that tries to restore women to some semblance of normalcy. >> you should come and look inside my office and see the over 125 girls who we have served in 2012 who were sold for sex as slaves in the united states and you can't ignore this any more. this is one of the biggest human rights issues that we're facing nationally and globally. >> among powell's 125 clients are asian women rescued from massage parlors, like this

19-year-old who we'll call may lynn. >> she was from a very, very rural town in china. she was an unwanted child by her family. they didn't want a girl. she was treated like a domestic slave growing up anyway and an uncle came to her and said, i have an idea. why don't you work at this really fancy restaurant in new york city and you'll make all this money and then you're going to be so happy and rich and you won't have to worry about anything. all you have to do is pay the woman $2,000. she didn't have $2,000 u.s. dollars so a woman came and met her and said, i'll loan you the money. she gets over here on a fake passport and then she's told, you just entered the country illegally with a fake passport you'll get arrested and put in jail forever. if you want to pay back the money, work for 20 years in my restaurant or i can let you work in this massage establishment and i'll teach you and it will only take you a year. she gets there and the doors closed and there's barb wire and

sheedz told you're going to have sex with these men. here's a picture of your brother at university and something will happen to him if you don't do this. >> paralyzed by the fear of very real consequences should they choose to run from their captors. >> the real motivating factors for keeping these girls enslaved and quiet, the real threat is often about their own family. your family will be shamed if you don't pay back this money. your family will be shamed because we'll tell them you're a prostitute and they won't want you back. >> so, powell says they go to work selling their bodies in an effort to pay back a perceived debt to their captors. today, powell says thousands of women just like maylynn are trapped in this cruel parlor game with ever-changing rules. a game that simply cannot be won. >> she was told she toowed $2,0

and when she got to the u.s. she was told it was $75,000. she could work her way out of it. every time she used a condom or a bar of soap, they would take that off. you owe us money for this. she was charged rent, she was charged gas for the car, she was charged for electricity. all these fake charges would come in so she could never pay back this debt. another young lady she worked with said she would pray over and over and over again that the next man would just kill her. she just said every time a man walked in, she thought i hope this is the one that kills me and i don't want to do this any more. >> in 2011 she was finally rescued from her captors when washington, d.c., police raided her massage parlor. >> when she finally was arrested and later identified by homeland security as a victim of trafficking and brought to us, her brother was actually beaten up back at home and she was sent a picture of that. >> despite that, powell says she bravely testified against her

traffickers. with help from fair girls and some time to heal, she is finally on the path to something like a normal life. >> she is working in that restaurant she always wanted to work in and she is in school and life is a lot better. but she doesn't have her family any more. they want nuthing to do with her. >> these are kind of thin, but do you want a cup souple? >> she did pay very dearly for this freedom and that is very typical of the isolation of these young girls thinking no one could understand them and that is what we face. >> kooring to powell facing reality means recognizing that the innocuous massage parlors popping up in cities big and small means cheap sex for sale at the expense of innocence. she wants the men who buy sex and illicit massage parlors to know for thousands of women, there is no such thing as a happy ending. >> those who are buying these

girls, i want them to actually see the face of these girls when they walk out the door. if they would turn around and see the look in her eyes, it's not a smilinsmiling, happy pers. i would like for them to see these girls as they're arrested and see them as they're sitting in deportation proceedings or see them sitting in my office or other offices around the country crying because they don't know what to do with the rest of their lives and see the impact. they are victims of trafficking, but in their mind they are a dirty girl that no one cares about. >> if you don't feel safe here or you want some help, you want to get out of this situation, call me. >> a few days after our initial contact with june, inspector walsh returned to the palm tree spa to check on her. she had disappeared. the manager told walsh that june left no forwarding address.

on the streets of oakland, california and all across america, good kids are going bad. >> every major city has a place where the girls can be found. >> that's one right there. >> i've seen them as young as, you know, 12 years old. >> they're the young and the lost, the runaways. the survivors of child sexual abuse, forced into the service of johns and pimps. >> we're talking about american children being bought and sold by american men in epidemic proportions around the country. >> today all it takes is the